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If You Have $650,000 and Don’t Buy This Giant Mecha Robot You’re a Fool
China’s Unitree, famous for making low-cost dancing robots, will now sell you a giant, wall-smashing mecha.
Will Knight
Internet Starts to Return in Iran After 3-Month Blackout
Some internet connectivity is returning in Iran after nearly 90 days offline, web monitoring groups say. But it isn’t clear if the reconnection is permanent.
Matt Burgess
The Emptiest Places in the Universe Might Contain Its Best Secrets
Once dismissed as empty expanses between galaxies, cosmic voids are becoming one of the most promising tools for probing the universe’s biggest mysteries.
Becky Ferreira
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Got Its Drill Stuck on a Rock. Here’s How They Freed It
This is the first time NASA has encountered a situation like this, and it took nearly a week to resolve.
Marta Musso
Global AI Principles for a Better Human Workforce
AI could make you redundant. Here’s what you need to know.
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The $6 Billion Chinese Startup Trying to Build Hands for Every Robot
LinkerBot makes dexterous robotic hands for as little as $600. It wants to become the standard for humanoids and automated factories—and eventually replace human labor altogether.
Zeyi Yang
The Humanoid Robot of the Future Is a 6-Foot-Tall Beefcake With a Chinese Body and an American Brain
Spencer Huang, Nvidia’s robotics lead, tells WIRED that the new bot combines the best of both worlds.
Will Knight
OnlyFans’ First-Gen Creators Are Retiring—and Some Are Begging You to Forget They Exist
As more sex workers quit the industry, some are having to navigate tough questions around consent and the “afterlife” of work they no longer want to be associated with.
Jason Parham
The First Atomic Bomb Test in 1945 Created an Entirely New Material
The discovery from the Trinity nuclear test site shows how extreme conditions can result in materials never before seen in nature or in the lab.
Marta Musso
Iran Is Using Tiny ‘Mosquito’ Boats to Shut Down the Strait of Hormuz
Iran’s traditional naval fleet has been almost completely destroyed by US-Israeli raids. But Iran’s military has put a fleet of small vessels on the water that is crippling every passageway.
Vincenzo Leone
Asteroid 2026 JH2 Is About to Fly Right Past Earth—Relatively Speaking
On May 18, an asteroid about the size of Chicago’s Cloud Gate will fly four times closer to Earth than the moon.
Anna Lisa Bonfranceschi
There’s an Unhinged New Video Game About Trump and the Iran War
The game, developed by the group of anonymous artists known as Secret Handshake, is available online and in person in Washington, DC.
Makena Kelly